How To Draw A Box Around Something In Photoshop

To add together visual interest to a photo, you can requite information technology a border in Adobe Photoshop. If you programme to create a print for a physical frame, this can requite the appearance of an interior matte.

Three framed images with narrow, medium, and wide white borders around the edges

Open the photo in Photoshop and look at the Layers console. If at that place are multiple layers (for instance, if you lot've done earlier editing), choose Layer > Flatten Image to put everything on a Groundwork layer, indicated by a lock icon. If information technology's already a Background layer, push button on alee.

Photoshop workspace with Layer > Flatten Image menu highlighted, layers to flatten are selected. Artwork shows a man surfing.

Choose Layer > New > Layer from Background and, in the dialog box that appears, click OK. This step will go far easy to adjust the border colour.

Layer menu with New > Layer from Background is selected over artwork of a man surfing. Layer panel is open.

Choose Paradigm > Canvas Size, make certain the Relative checkbox is selected, and blazon the number of pixels to add around the epitome. Each number is split between edges, then entering 200 pixels in each field results in a edge width of 100 pixels. Also ensure that the Anchor is prepare to the center square, and then click OK.

Image menu with Canvas Size is selected. Width and height are 200 pixels, relative box is checked and anchor is set to center

To create the border, click the Create a New Fill or Aligning Layer push button in the Layers console and cull Solid Color. In the dialog box, set the colour as white (if information technology's non already) and click OK.

Layers panel is open, New Fill or Adjustment Layer > Solid Color is selected, color is set to white.

Elevate the new color fill layer below the image layer in the Layers panel.

Arrow in Layers panel demonstrates dragging the new color fill layer below the image layer to send border behind the artwork

To change the border colour, double-click the color swatch in the adjustment layer and select a new color.

Color swatch in Layers panel > adjustment layer is highlighted, Color Picker box is open with black selected as border color

As well attempt using different values in the Width and Superlative fields of the Canvas Size dialog for different framed looks. For example, enlarge the border by entering positive numbers, or make the edge thinner by entering negative numbers. Since the border colour is a fill layer, it adapts to the new shape.

Three surfer images with white border height of 800 pixels and widths of 800, 200, and 300 pixels. Anchor position top center

Yous probably wouldn't permanently gum a photo into a frame, because you might modify your mind. To requite yourself the same freedom with your digital border, choose File > Save Every bit to save a new version of the file. Now you can go back to the original, non-bordered version whenever y'all desire.